What kind of gift, depends on the event: name-day,, christening, anniversary. In no case can not be presented as a gift to an unbelieving person, magicians and sorcerers, otherwise a person who has given a relic can have trouble.
Is it possible to give an icon? Photo: Getty
Do icons for holidays?
1. Birthday.For this holiday, you need to choose an icon based on the birthday boy's date of birth or his name. 2. For a wedding, two icons are given: the Mother of God and the Lord Almighty, they become a talisman for the house and should occupy a place of honor in the room. These icons cannot be hidden, put on a shelf or given away. 3. For the christening of a newborn, icons with the face of the saint in whose honor he is named are given, and the size is selected based on the baby's height. 4. For professional holidays, small icons with the patron saint of a particular profession are given. 5. Seriously ill people should be given an icon of the Iveron Mother of God, it heals and gives strength to fight the disease; or choose an icon of Jesus Christ. 6. Icons for a wedding are a symbol of family, the unity of souls. For a wedding, two icons are presented: for the groom, the Lord Almighty, and for the bride, an icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. After the wedding, the newlyweds must leave the church holding them in their hands, this is how their journey together begins. On difficult days, they kneel before the icons, bow their heads to them and pray, thanking them for their marriage and family.
Icon for the weddingPhoto: Getty
Gift from the heart to the wedding
The wedding icon must be hand-painted anddecorated with an expensive frame so that the young people would not be ashamed to place it in the most visible place. The parents can present the icon as a gift, but if they are not there, then this can be done by any close relative. But do not forget that the icon is a sacred face that is prayed to. There is no need to decorate this church symbol with glitter, its main purpose is to help and protect the family. Each room can have its own icon, for example, in the nursery - an icon of the Mother of God, and in the bedroom - Jesus Christ.
And can an icon be presented to an unbeliever?
From a religious point of view there are no such prohibitions, well,and if you look at it from the everyday side, then everything depends on the person you are giving it to. There are cases when a person comes to God in old age or after a serious trial, and it is not necessary that he be baptized, in such cases such a gift may be appropriate. But if the person is an inveterate atheist, then he is unlikely to appreciate your gift. It is also useful to know:
